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Meaning:

Noun:

  • A defensive position or effort. rfex
  • A designated spot where someone or something may stand or wait: ''taxi stand''.
  • A device to hold something upright or aloft.
  • A particular grove or other group of trees or shrubs.
  • A period of performance in a given location or venue.
  • A resolute, unwavering position; firm opinion; action for a purpose in the face of opposition.
  • A small building, booth, or stage, as in a bandstand or hamburger stand.
  • A standstill, a motionless state, as of someone confused, or a hunting dog who has found game.
  • forestry A contiguous group of trees sufficiently uniform in age-class distribution, composition, and structure, and growing on a site of sufficiently uniform quality, to be a distinguishable unit.
  • cricket A partnership.
  • plural often '''stand''' A single set, ''as'' of arms.
  • often in plural
  • The platform on which a witness testifies in court; the witness stand or witness box.

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Verb:

  • British To seek election.
  • cricket To act as an umpire.
  • intransitive To be upright, support oneself on the feet in an erect position.
  • intransitive To remain motionless.
  • intransitive To rise to one?s feet; to stand up.
  • intransitive To undergo; withstand; hold up.
  • negative To tolerate.
  • transitive To place in an upright or standing position.

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